FOREST DAMAGE DUE TO MINING

PANGKAL PINANG, 23/11- CORPORATE AKIBAT WORK. Photos of damaged forest areal due to the addition of forest for tin mining in the Beltung Islands, Bangka Belitung, Thursday (22/11). Media Communication and Outreach Mining Advocacy Network (Jatam) stated about 70 percent of environmental damage in Indonesia due to mining operations namely 3.97 million hectares of protected forest areas damaged by mining. ANTARA/Teresia May/Koz/Spt/12.